Gin ****

Omackeral · 18-10-2017 1:43pm #1

Good god I hate gin ****, I hate them. They're absolutely everywhere nowadays. Ubiquitous bastards. Look at ya there, standing with your poxy goldfish bowl full of gin with seawood or lettuce or probably kale swirling around in it you hipster piece of sh*t. ''It's got cucumber in it so it's one of my 5-a-day lol''. No, no it's not. You're a wanker. And gin bars are now a thing too? ''Uh sorry, what tonics do you recommend?''. Seriously, you try-hard motherfcukers. Stop trying to be into gin. Get that perfect filter for your gin pics... well you can fcuk off too Lovin' Dublin or whatever clickbaity gick is on the bandwagon this week. Gin tea bags, gin biscuits... Christ make it stop. Gin was the tipple of hairy lipped ladies back in the day was it not? Auld ones playing bridge or something? Now the girls drinking it are youngones that, this time last year, were falling around locked on blue WKD bawling their eyes out on street corners. Now it's all Gin + Doggy Ear Filter + Be Rude Not To caption. Who would it be rude to? Who?!

God I despise you all.

fxotoole · 18-10-2017 1:44pm

So what's your favourite gin, OP?

heebusjeebus · 18-10-2017 1:45pm

Gin's great after a massive feed of pints. Clears the palate.

Omackeral · 18-10-2017 1:46pm

fxotoole wrote: »

So what's your favourite gin, OP?

Gin Cyanide, if they ever make it.

brevity · 18-10-2017 1:46pm

heebusjeebus wrote: »

Gin's great after a massive feed of pints. Clears the palate.

And after a big meal.

Or now. God I'd murder a gin right now.

billymitchell · 18-10-2017 1:47pm

u ok hun????

Omackeral · 18-10-2017 1:47pm

billymitchell wrote: »

u ok hun????

That's for the Prosecco chicks. Also, that hasn't been funny in about 3 years.

TPD · 18-10-2017 1:49pm

Gin is the new "thing people like which annoys people who don't like it" then? Glad it's moved on from craft beers anyway.

whoopsadoodles · 18-10-2017 1:50pm

Fun fact about Gin + Tonic.

Gin is in fact, the mixer for tonic and not the other way around.

[uncle albert voice]During the war[/uncle albert voice] tonic was taken for the quinine as it apparently helped with Malaria but tonic tasted like sh*t, so they added Gin (and sugar) to make it bearable.

It still tastes like sh*t imo.

SEPT 23 1989 · 18-10-2017 1:51pm

I thought you had to be a 60+ aul one to order a "gin & tonic"

Chips Lovell · 18-10-2017 1:51pm

Duly noted OP. I'll go back to drinking blue WKD and bawling my eyes out on street corners.

Wossack · 18-10-2017 1:52pm

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Omackeral · 18-10-2017 1:53pm

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Fun fact about Gin + Tonic.

Gin is in fact, the mixer for tonic and not the other way around.

[uncle albert voice]During the war[/uncle albert voice] tonic was taken for the quinine as it apparently helped with Malaria but tonic tasted like sh*t, so they added Gin (and sugar) to make it bearable.

It still tastes like sh*t imo.

You just havent had the right to tonic to mix it up with Whoops. *twitch*

whoopsadoodles · 18-10-2017 1:53pm

Omackeral wrote: »

You just havent had the right to tonic to mix it up with Whoops. *twitch*

The cucumber makes all the difference.

fxotoole · 18-10-2017 1:53pm

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I thought you had to be a 60+ aul one to order a "gin & tonic"

Nah, even back in '94 it was cool to drink G&T. Although in those days we called it "Supersonic"

Hector Bellend · 18-10-2017 1:54pm

Pints are it

Omackeral · 18-10-2017 1:54pm

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

The cucumber makes all the difference.

That's one of your five a day lolololololololollololololololloollololololololololoololloloololololl

Corvo · 18-10-2017 1:57pm

Can't beat a Hendricks with tonic and cucumber.

Fight me OP.

whoopsadoodles · 18-10-2017 1:58pm

Corvo wrote: »

Can't beat a Hendricks with tonic and cucumber.

Fight me OP.

He takes his whiskey neat.

No way you'd beat a man like that in a fight.

biko · 18-10-2017 1:59pm

I'll drink gin but only as a short with some tonic water. None of that gay glasses full of crap stuff.

Omackeral · 18-10-2017 2:01pm

Just to be clear, I've no bother with people enjoying a drink. It's when they're being cnuts posting pics everywhere they go of this gin or that gin and all of a sudden they're all about that gin life. I won't accept it. I can't.

NIMAN · 18-10-2017 2:01pm

Its just the hipsters at it again.

First beards, now gin.

Billy86 · 18-10-2017 2:03pm

A trip to Slane with whatever drink our then 16 year old selves could get our hands on the year the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age were playing put me off gin for life. Never, ever again.

Badly Drunk Boy · 18-10-2017 2:04pm

I've always assumed that drinking gin was very similar to what I'd expect drinking dodgy aftershave to be like.

Grayson · 18-10-2017 2:06pm

Omackeral wrote: »

Just to be clear, I've no bother with people enjoying a drink. It's when they're being cnuts posting pics everywhere they go of this gin or that gin and all of a sudden they're all about that gin life. I won't accept it. I can't.

Bastards, forcing those photo's in your face.

I haven't seen any photo's but then again I don't really use instagram or facebook. Because of that I avoid all sorts of annoying sh1te. No photo's of meals. No photo's of sh1t sunsets. No photo's of their little rug rats. No wedding anniversary photo's showing what they looked like 10 years ago.

whoopsadoodles · 18-10-2017 2:08pm

Grayson wrote: »

Bastards, forcing those photo's in your face.

I haven't seen any photo's but then again I don't really use instagram or facebook. Because of that I avoid all sorts of annoying sh1te. No photo's of meals. No photo's of sh1t sunsets. No photo's of their little rug rats. No wedding anniversary photo's showing what they looked like 10 years ago.

So. Many. Apostrophes.

Billy86 · 18-10-2017 2:12pm

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I've always assumed that drinking gin was very similar to what I'd expect drinking dodgy aftershave to be like.

It also reminds me of Ms. Hannigan.

Grayson · 18-10-2017 2:13pm

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

So. Many. Apostrophes.

yeah... I have new glasses and they're making me stupid.

That's the excuse I'm sticking to.

flaneur · 18-10-2017 2:13pm

Ah an "I don't like new things" thread.
Always fun.

fancy pigeon · 18-10-2017 2:14pm

heebusjeebus wrote: »

Gin's great after a massive feed of pints. Clears the palate.

No ball o malt though

B0jangles · 18-10-2017 2:16pm

Gin with Elderflower cordial is delicious and is even better with some prosecco. It does have to be a good floral gin with some deep, woody base notes, otherwise it just tastes a bit pretentious.

CitizenFloor · 18-10-2017 2:16pm

Omackeral wrote: »

Good god I hate gin ****, I hate them. They're absolutely everywhere nowadays. Ubiquitous bastards. Look at ya there, standing with your poxy goldfish bowl full of gin with seawood or lettuce or probably kale swirling around in it you hipster piece of sh*t. ''It's got cucumber in it so it's one of my 5-a-day lol''. No, no it's not. You're a wanker. And gin bars are now a thing too? ''Uh sorry, what tonics do you recommend?''. Seriously, you try-hard motherfcukers. Stop trying to be into gin. Get that perfect filter for your gin pics... well you can fcuk off too Lovin' Dublin or whatever clickbaity gick is on the bandwagon this week. Gin tea bags, gin biscuits... Christ make it stop. Gin was the tipple of hairy lipped ladies back in the day was it not? Auld ones playing bridge or something? Now the girls drinking it are youngones that, this time last year, were falling around locked on blue WKD bawling their eyes out on street corners. Now it's all Gin + Doggy Ear Filter + Be Rude Not To caption. Who would it be rude to? Who?!

God I despise you all.

Top marks for the rant!

Yakult · 18-10-2017 2:18pm

It's so hipster to call something hipster these days.

Fighting Tao · 18-10-2017 2:18pm

Only a wanker would get hung up about what other **** drink.

ChikiChiki · 18-10-2017 2:20pm

Omackeral wrote: »

Good god I hate gin ****, I hate them. They're absolutely everywhere nowadays. Ubiquitous bastards. Look at ya there, standing with your poxy goldfish bowl full of gin with seawood or lettuce or probably kale swirling around in it you hipster piece of sh*t. ''It's got cucumber in it so it's one of my 5-a-day lol''. No, no it's not. You're a wanker. And gin bars are now a thing too? ''Uh sorry, what tonics do you recommend?''. Seriously, you try-hard motherfcukers. Stop trying to be into gin. Get that perfect filter for your gin pics... well you can fcuk off too Lovin' Dublin or whatever clickbaity gick is on the bandwagon this week. Gin tea bags, gin biscuits... Christ make it stop. Gin was the tipple of hairy lipped ladies back in the day was it not? Auld ones playing bridge or something? Now the girls drinking it are youngones that, this time last year, were falling around locked on blue WKD bawling their eyes out on street corners. Now it's all Gin + Doggy Ear Filter + Be Rude Not To caption. Who would it be rude to? Who?!

God I despise you all.

Go get see a therapist for your own sake....

Chips Lovell · 18-10-2017 2:24pm

The problem is we have a profusion of ****. First it was just the wine ****, but there weren't very many of them and we could safely ignore them. Then there was the craft beer ****. Next thing you know we had whiskey ****, coffee ****, and now it's gin ****.

Non-**** are a dying breed and we're feeling under threat as the **** close in on us from all sides, with their beards and their tattoos, furiously, menacingly ****

o1s1n · 18-10-2017 2:27pm

flaneur wrote: »

Ah an "I don't like new things" thread.
Always fun.

Gin is new? Well then wtf have I been crying mascara into?

CalamariFritti · 18-10-2017 2:30pm

It’s a classic drink it tastes quite good it makes you drunk and you don’t need to pour gallons of it into your stomach to ‘get anywhere’.

What’s not to like?

Super-Rush · 18-10-2017 2:31pm

Whatever happened to good old Gin n Juice?

Romantic Rose · 18-10-2017 2:34pm

I succumbed to the G&T trend recently and had my first gin, tonic and rhubarb mixer. Oh my lord, it was the nicest alcoholic drink I've ever drank and it was from a local gin distillery to me too. I think I'm a covert now because I like the taste, not because I want to follow a trend.

MadYaker · 18-10-2017 2:38pm

Baron de Charlus wrote: »

The problem is we have a profusion of ****. First it was just the wine ****, but there weren't very many of them and we could safely ignore them. Then there was the craft beer ****. Next thing you know we had whiskey ****, coffee ****, and now it's gin ****.

Non-**** are a dying breed and we're feeling under threat as the **** close in on us from all sides, with their beards and their tattoos, furiously, menacingly ****

If you're the guy who thinks everyone else is a wanker that usually means it's actually you who is the wanker.

Same goes for you OP. Nobody who's the full shilling could get that angry over other people enjoying a drink that you personally don't enjoy. I suspect a deeper issue is the cause of this outburst. Come on OP, you can tell us we won't judge.

yourdeadwright · 18-10-2017 2:38pm

I was in my local sitting at the bar having a couple of beers when a young one in her early 20's came up and asked for a Gin and Tonic, the bar man poured it and said that'll be whatever the price is , and the young lady say's I kid you not " Sorry I want it in one of the big fancy glasses " Bar man replies "sorry we don't have any left " so she say's "oh well then i'll have a glass of persseco instead "
What a GOOOOOONNN

castletownman · 18-10-2017 2:45pm

The thing about this "craze" is that it's quite the potent drink, and is a known depressive. And yet it's marketed as THE thing to drink now. I actually think it's quiet a dangerous thing to be peddling, particularly to younger people who mightn't be responsible drinkers in comparison to "traditional gin drinkers".

Chips Lovell · 18-10-2017 2:45pm

MadYaker wrote: »

If you're the guy who thinks everyone else is a wanker that usually means it's actually you who is the wanker.

Oh... [Shamefacedly puts penis away]

conorhal · 18-10-2017 2:53pm

Baron de Charlus wrote: »

The problem is we have a profusion of ****. First it was just the wine ****, but there weren't very many of them and we could safely ignore them. Then there was the craft beer ****. Next thing you know we had whiskey ****, coffee ****, and now it's gin ****.

Non-**** are a dying breed and we're feeling under threat as the **** close in on us from all sides, with their beards and their tattoos, furiously, menacingly ****

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angryIreGamer · 18-10-2017 2:56pm

better that than **** djinn

Malayalam · 18-10-2017 2:58pm

Good Lord, thank goodness I never go out.

lawred2 · 18-10-2017 3:01pm

Omackeral wrote: »

Good god I hate gin ****, I hate them. They're absolutely everywhere nowadays. Ubiquitous bastards. Look at ya there, standing with your poxy goldfish bowl full of gin with seawood or lettuce or probably kale swirling around in it you hipster piece of sh*t. ''It's got cucumber in it so it's one of my 5-a-day lol''. No, no it's not. You're a wanker. And gin bars are now a thing too? ''Uh sorry, what tonics do you recommend?''. Seriously, you try-hard motherfcukers. Stop trying to be into gin. Get that perfect filter for your gin pics... well you can fcuk off too Lovin' Dublin or whatever clickbaity gick is on the bandwagon this week. Gin tea bags, gin biscuits... Christ make it stop. Gin was the tipple of hairy lipped ladies back in the day was it not? Auld ones playing bridge or something? Now the girls drinking it are youngones that, this time last year, were falling around locked on blue WKD bawling their eyes out on street corners. Now it's all Gin + Doggy Ear Filter + Be Rude Not To caption. Who would it be rude to? Who?!

God I despise you all.

I was drinking Gin and sporting a beard in 2004 - I think I can safely say I wasn't in it for the fad...

inforfun · 18-10-2017 3:07pm

Not a big fan of gin but i do like this rant, OP.

RobertKK · 18-10-2017 3:13pm

I like gin.
A good gin with some tonic water is nice.
It seemingly annoys some people and my only problem with gin is that I have none left and I need to buy a bottle of it to go with the tonic water...

18-10-2017 3:27pm

“The most dangerous drink is gin. You have to be really, really careful with that. And you also have to be 45, female and sitting on the stairs. Because gin isn't really a drink, it's more a mascara thinner. "Nobody likes my shoes!" "I made... I made fifty... ****ing vol-au-vents, and not one of you... not one of you... said 'Thank you.'" And my favourite: "Everybody, shut up. Shut up! This song is all about me.”

― Dylan Moran

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDIiPIJmXcE&ab_channel=thomasofderbyshire

Gin ****

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